Mike & Jason Inmans 96 Corvette

A Stripped Theft-Recovery Vette Becomes A Super Street Contender

Step By Step

The Inman brothers called their team Broke Brothers Racing long before they chose a Corvette for Super Street. In fact, Mike and Jason Inman had been racing for years with their immaculate turquoise and white 55 Chevy. While competitive with the 55, they knew that they had a better chance of winning Super Street with a more aerodynamic car. When a stripped theft-recovery 96 Corvette found its way to Inman Collision in Loganville, Georgia, they knew they had a race car on their hands.

After the Chassis Engineering four-link and full cage work was completed at Robs Race Shop in Athens, Georgia, Rusty Churchwell and Tony Hunter did the body work while Terry Cullpepper performed the paint magic. Meanwhile, Robs Race Shop was screwing together an aluminum Donovan Rat 438ci motor jammed with all kinds of cool stuff, including a Crankshaft Specialties crank, GRP rods, and Ross pistons. An Isky mechanical roller cam of massive proportions tickles the valves, and a Steve Johnson and NOS fogger nitrous system assists the single Carburetor Shop Dominator carburetorall tuned by Danny Vaughn.

The brothers didnt say much about the EPD heads except that they were tuned-up and assembled by Tim Nabors at Nabors Automotive. The exhaust side features a set of stepped headers feeding into a pair of Flowmaster mufflers. The Transmission Specialties Powerglide and converter spin a Mark Williamsequipped 9-inch with 4.30:1 gears and Mark Williams axles.

As far as the cockpit goes, Jason Inman surveys a set of Auto Meter tach and gauges and a Quick Car switch panel while fully strapped into his aluminum racing seat with Stroud safety gear and harnesses. Ricks Auto Trim, in nearby Snellville, Georgia, handled all the interior appointments.

So far, the quickest the Broke Brothers Vette has run is a 8.17 at 172 mph, and theyre still tuning it to make it run quickerthe sevens cant be far ahead. Over the winter, they completed additional chassis work to improve consistency, added another nitrous bottle to reduce the pressure drop, and a better on-board fire extinguishing system. Now with almost a full season of racing the Vette, look for the Inman brothers to push the rest of the Super Street pack a little harder. Even if they have to stay broke doing it.

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